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Originally Posted by Exoter175
Wes Welker is and has been the most dangerous and productive receiver in this league. He is not a possession receiver like Johnson, or Green, he is a slot receiver. He is small, and he gets wide open better than anyone in this league, and Tom Brady and the Patriots utilized that to the fullesct extent while Welker was there.
Because of this, they were able to eliminate the pass rush, created more first downs as an offense by comparison to your other receiver's teams did against common opponents, won more often, and put up more points.
It is because of Welker's skill of getting open, that Brady and that offense could do what it did against the pass rush, neutralizing pro bowlers and future hall of famers, so they could win games.
Calvin Johnson doesn't eliminate the pass rush, neither does AJ Green, Julio Jones, Roddy White, or Brandon Marshall.
You are closed minded, and thinking inside the box.
You think my claim is based on pure talent, it isn't. AJ Green is the best receiver in this league in terms of talent, period. Calvin is #2, Fitz is #3.
Those three can't touch Welker's skills at getting open in the slot to eliminate the pass rush.
Of course, you didn't think of it that way, because you don't think about the big picture.
People here are saying, "Oh, we just need to hit manning and hurt his neck to neutralize him and Welker", you won't get a chance to hit manning because he'll have already thrown the ball to Welker because he was wide open because you blitzed him and didn't cover Welker.
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You're really going to argue that Wes Welker has a physical skill-set that no other WR in the league can duplicate?
His first step is good - it's not great. He gets open because the routes he runs are brilliantly designed, not because he's just a damn wizard with his feet.
And you're honestly going to try to argue that a slot WR eliminates the pass rush? Wake me when we're putting Tamba Hali or Justin Houston on the slot WR.
That's just an ass-backwards argument. If anyone eliminates the pass-rush in NE, it's Rob Gronkowski, who
does occupy LBs. Wes Welker does little more than draw the attention of overmatched Nickle corners. In that regard, he's no different than
any slot WR; even Steve Breaston in the slot was getting teams to take a LBer off the field and bring in a nickle DB.
But hey, I respect the attempt to spin your way clear of a bullshit statement.